So, having gotten our druid tank/healer pair to 85 and started the gear up grind, our attention wandered to another pair…. the gnome tank/healer pair. Consistant the warrior and Elucidate the Priest went to Vashj’ir, which we’d bypassed on the druids, then tanks a few runs, went to Uldum and did the Harrison Jones quests, and then off to Twilight Highlands to play with dwarves. We had rested on them most of the way and it seemed a lot easier and faster to level. Also it turns out I like Shadow a heck of a lot more than Balance, and my Disc spec did just fine in instances.
Reversion is going to have a post detailing all the things his warrior can do that his bear can’t. I’m just resentful of two priest things on the way up: the new level 83 and 85 abilities. Inner Will is cool. A nice mana savings + run speed buff, lasting half an hour? Sure, thanks! But Life Grip – ok, Leap of Faith – is so amazingly awesome. We did one run after dinging 85 and did a couple charge + Life Grip combo pulls that seem like they can be amazing once we get better.
I just wish my druid’s new abilities were actually…. something I wanted. Heck I forgot to train Wild Mushroom for literally days. It would have been nice to get something cool. Ah well.
I’m not planning to switch mains – I don’t like Holy and apparently Disc has some throughput issues right now – but I do plan to have the priest geared and able to step in for fights. Reversion may or may not switch to his warrior though; the bear has some serious issues right now that make tanking rather frustrating.
But it’s cool to have a second pair up there. Last expansion these guys were the last ones to max, barely squeeking in under the wire. This time it looks like the old mains might end up being last to 85…. poor Invariant the Mage….
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I’m so far behind!!!
I am leveling as Holy so I have no direct experience with Disc since Wrath.
But that won’t stop me from being like every other person on the net and talking about things I really don’t know about…
As of last week elitest jerks had Disc with a higher single target HPS at lvl 85, specced, gemmed, and glyphed the “right” way then Holy.
That’s without factoring in automagic absorbs.
Obviously raid healing tends to be much higher in Holy.
But that’s at 85 and min-maxed.
I will try Disc again eventually just for my own giggles, but right now my Shadow spec is just too good for questing.
I’m looking forward to getting my healer’s face bashed in in Heroics. I always thought leveling my tank up in pugs made me a “better” tank. You learn to anticipate and be aware more-so then when your running with your guildies.
Happy New Year to you two.